Gateway Community Services plans to celebrate 35 years of providing drug and alcohol rehabilitation to the Jacksonville community and wants everyone it has served to participate.

The nonprofit will hold a Leadership Celebration June 5 to honor the founders, community partners and supporters who were instrumental in helping the organization become a leader in the field.

An estimated 50,000 men, women and teens have been treated for substance abuse at the agency since it began in 1978 and Gateway has invited all of them to the event, according to a news release.

Gateway not only provided drug and alcohol detox, outpatient and residential treatment, but also on-site day care for children whose parents were undergoing treatment and an e-Therapy program for online support and assistance, according to the release.

Over the years, Gateway also has expanded to include a thriving research program, a specialized treatment program for women and a community education and prevention program.

For more information, or to RSVP for the event, contact Rosa Nicholas at (904) 387-4661 ext. 1031.